Proverbs 4:23
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
- KJV
- Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
- WEB
- Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
- ASV
- Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
- DARBY
- Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.
- BLB
- With all diligence, guard your heart, for from it [are] the outgoings of life.
- ÅB
- Bevar ditt hjerte fremfor alt det som bevares; for livet utgår fra det.
- OTB
- Vokt ditt hjerte med all årvåkenhet, for det er livets kilde.
- B1930
- Bevar ditt hjerte fremfor alt det som bevares; for livet utgår fra det.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 6:45
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Read in contextMatthew 12:34–35
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Read in contextMark 7:21–23
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Read in contextPsalms 139:23–24
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Read in contextProverbs 13:3
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Read in contextJeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Read in contextMatthew 15:19
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Read in contextProverbs 23:19
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
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